Google updates Orkut social network with Google Web Toolkit
Google has apparently launched an updated version of their Orkut social networking service.
This new version is powered by Google Web Toolkit and is must faster and efficient.
It also features a new updated user interface with some new features.
This new edition would be slowly made [...]
Exporting Facebook Friend List is Practically Impossible?
We have already discussed about how Google is making it tough for you to export your Orkut friends list.
We tried finding out similar solution for Facebook and well, we ran into trouble.
Apparently, it is against Facebook policy to export email addresses from the service even if [...]
Google breaks Orkut friend export feature once again!
Armchair Founder has revealed that Google has once again made the Orkut friend export feature useless.
The export file no longer contains the email addresses of your friends so it becomes useless if you want to import it on a competing network like Facebook.
The problem started [...]
Orkut to soon get an updated user interface?
Google Operating System has reported that Google Brazil website is showcasing an interesting Orkut screenshot on the Chrome section.
The screenshot showcases a different version of their Orkut social networking service.
Maybe, its a sign that a major overhaul to the user interface of Orkut is coming in [...]
Facebook now promoting Orkut Friend Import Tool in USA
TechCrunch is reporting that Facebook has now started promoting their Orkut Friend import tool to their users in the US market.
This is an interesting development considering Orkut is not even popular in USA any more.
If market reports are to be believing Facebook has 92 [...]
Google fixes Orkut Friends Export Bug
Interesting developments in the war between Facebook and Orkut.
Orkut is hugely popular in two markets Brazil and India.
Facebook targeted the users in these two countries by suggesting that they import their Orkut friend lists to connect with their friends and relatives on Facebook itself.
A couple of hours [...]
Orkut Friend Export Feature is not working indeed!
TechCrunch has just reported that Orkut’s friend list export feature seems to be down.
We checked it out at our place and it is indeed not working at this very moment.
One of the conspiracy theory is that Orkut has disabled it for now to prevent mass migration [...]
Facebook wants your Orkut friends on its network
Facebook might be the web’s most popular social network but it fails to compete against Orkut in markets like India and Brazil.
I guess that was the reason why I noticed this box in my Facebook homepage when I logged in today.
Facebook of course makes it very easy to [...]
Orkut latest to drop support for Internet Explorer 6
Google owned social networking portal Orkut is becoming the latest online service to drop support for Internet Explorer 6.
Google has already hinted that YouTube would soon stop supporting IE6 as a web browser.
Any user visiting Orkut now with IE6 is being advised to move to [...]
Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 released on Stable channel
Google Chrome developers have released a new build on the stable channel.
Google Chrome 2.0.172.37 is now being delivered to users on both Stable and Beta channels.
Changelog in this release:
Fix: Solving captcha images broken at orkut.com. (Issue 15569)
Make forward/backward navigation work even when redirection is involved. (Issue 9663, issue 10531)
Fix: [...]
